14 BNP men sent to jail in Sylhet

A court here on Tuesday sent 14 BNP leaders and activists to jail after rejecting their bail petitions in a case filed for vandalising vehicles.Jakiganj Senior Judicial Magistrate Khairul Amin passed the order when the BNP leaders and activists appeared before his court.Jakiganj upazila BNP unit president Helal Ahmad Chowdhury and organising secretary Hasan Ahmad, former union parishad chairman Nasir Ahmad, municipality BNP unit general secretary Abdus Sakur and organising secretary Abul Kalam Sagar, municipality Chhatra Dal convener Samsuddoha and Saleh Ahmad were among those sent to jail.The court also rejected the bail petitions of the 14 BNP men when their lawyers filed separate petitions seeking bail for them. -UNB, Sylhet